Kalüün [kɑlyːn] (Fering for “Energy”) is a German folk band founded in 2012 and located on the island of Föhr. Their lyrics are written on Fering, the Föhr dialect of the North Frisian language.The band includes Dennis Werner (guitar, vocals), his brother Dirk Werner, who plays Cajón, Bodhrán and Djembe, Keike Faltings (vocals, violin) and her brother Jan Faltings (mandolin Bouzouki, Banjo and vocals).
Their Debutalbum Spöören (“Footsteps”), which was released in 2014, was awarded the prize for German record critics. With Fering Hüs, Kalüün was listed in third place on the list of Songcharts in Germany. This was the first time a song was sung in North Frisian language in this charts. In 2015 the band appeared as one of the “headliners” at the Folkbaltica Festival. Keike Faltings presented the Folkbaltica Festival in 2016 as artist in residence.
In addition to songs sung on Fering, the band plays traditional and contemporary newly arranged dances. Volkert Faltings, the father of Keike and Jan Faltings, studied these dances of Frisian-jütische spillemandsmusik and published them together with Jan Faltings and Dennis Werner in the year 2015 under the title Songs and Dances of Föhr and Amrum. In 2016 they colaborate with the Tønder Kulturskole, and friends from the Danish island of Fanø (Peter Uhrbrand and more) organized a joint workshop entitled “Folk from the West Coast”. A songbook of the same name with traditional and contemporary songs and dances by Föhr and Fanø was published parallel to the workshop. In 2017 Kalüün act as a cultural Ambassador at the Museum of European culture in Berlin.
Performances:
Godtfolk 2014, Folkbaltica 2015(Openening Show, School-Concert, Main-Concert, Final-Show) Folkbaltica 2016 Artist in Residence, 2017 Cultural Ambassadeur in Berlin